Except @seanhannity and @SolomanDJ missed a lot of important context here. Lutsenko, who is overtly political and has no law degree, has been in open conflict with the man he is accusing and the US Embassy in Kyiv after they pulled funding for his prosecutor’s office, to start. https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/1108533772750864385

After failing first time, Ukraine prosecutors want 14-yr sentence for Brazilian Rafael Lusvarghi who fought with Donetsk separatists against govt forces. I tracked him down last yr, spoke about time in Donbas, release from Ukr custody after being caught. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-from-brazilian-separatist-poster-boy-to-man-of-god-/29206373.html

Comments from Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, based on alleged leaked audio of NABU chief from scandal-plagued MP, have made their way to the White House via Hannity. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1108559080204001280

Wild claim by Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, who President Poroshenko appointed & had his party in parliament push thru law allowing person with no legal experience to hold the PG position. Seems Lutsenko is bitter about US $ pulled from PGO https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/434875-top-ukrainian-justice-official-says-us-ambassador-gave-him-a-do-not-prosecute

Who's monitoring Ukraine's elections, you ask? Including a far-right vigilante group (Azov), 139 NGOs, 85 of which "have no experience in election observation." Only 5 of the NGOs observed 2014 prez elex; 6 were formed in January; 13 contain names of candidates/political parties. https://twitter.com/schfm/status/1108349590124810240

Ukraine’s deeply unpopular incumbent president continues to push his “Poroshenko or Putin” campaign message. This week he fell back to third place in the polls, behind Zelensky and Tymoshenko. https://twitter.com/thebankova/status/1108241237398749185

Reminder: Some of these violent far-right members have been granted permission to officially monitor Ukraine's presidential election: https://www.rferl.org/a/deputized-as-election-monitors-ukrainian-ultranationalists-ready-to-punch-violators/29809207.html https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1108047378408529921

When I wrote the story below last month, more than 300 parishes in Ukraine had switched from the Russia-aligned Orthodox Church to the new, independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Since then, that number has climbed to more than 500. A slow but steady pace. https://www.unian.info/society/10484175-over-500-parishes-become-part-of-ukraine-s-new-independent-church.html https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1099919279263309824

How easy is it to get around Facebook's ad rules? One Kyiv lawyer and researcher who has helped conduct trainings with Facebook in Ukraine, told me he's already finding Facebook accounts "with large followings" being "rented for big [sums] of money." https://www.rferl.org/a/leading-ukraine-candidate-zelenskyy-facebook-fakes-political-ad-rules/29828605.html

From today @facebook advertisers in Ukraine need the company’s authorization to reach users. And Facebook confirms to me ads from annexed Crimea and Russia-backed areas—though legally Ukraine—are banned. But 13 days before elex, is it too little, too late? https://www.rferl.org/a/leading-ukraine-candidate-zelenskyy-facebook-fakes-political-ad-rules/29828605.html

"It would be easy for a layman, let alone a member of the Russian security services, to exploit the loopholes in the geographic requirements and still purchase ads [on @facebook]." – @wiczipedia on new FB rules for Ukraine elections. https://www.rferl.org/a/leading-ukraine-candidate-zelenskyy-facebook-fakes-political-ad-rules/29828605.html